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newswoman

[ nooz-woom-uhn, nyooz- ]

noun

plural newswomen.
  1. a woman employed to gather news, news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news news bureau.
  2. a woman who reports the news news on radio or television.
  3. a woman who sells or distributes newspapers, periodicals, etc.


newswoman

/ ˈːˌʊə /

noun

  1. informal.
    a female newsreader or reporter Gender-neutral formsnewsreaderreporter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -woman.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of newswoman1

First recorded in 1925–30; news + -woman
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Example Sentences

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What followed was a series of tense and emotional confrontations between the no-nonsense newswoman, 48, and her staff of mostly younger journalists, who pleaded for Evans and her board to explore other options.

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The picture’s youth movement is particularly emphasized by the filmmakers’ decision to make the turtles’ longtime human friend April O’Neil, in all previous incarnations an adult white newswoman, a Black teen voiced by Ayo Edebiri.

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Legendary newswoman Barbara Walters, who died Friday at 93, may have started out on “The Today Show” and blazed a trail as the first woman to co-anchor the evening news.

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“It’s one thing to be a good photographer, but it’s another thing to be a good newsman or newswoman. And he was a good newsman.”

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Extremists who might otherwise consider physical assaults against newsmen and newswomen will see that they ought to think twice.

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